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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts."
"It's natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are."
"Play with reason and doubt will close all the gates."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Play with reason and doubt will close all the gates."
"Honesty is a very choosy virtue."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Honesty is a very choosy virtue."
"A coward is a man who'd rather live dead than die alive."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A coward is a man who'd rather live dead than die alive."
"Don't fight with your enemy's brains, fight with his heart."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't fight with your enemy's brains, fight with his heart."
"Pain is the University of Life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Pain is the University of Life."
"The powerful have no conscience."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The powerful have no conscience."
"God has not yet revealed himself to no one in no unclear terms. Religions are attempts to find him on that level they are all equal."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"God has not yet revealed himself to no one in no unclear terms. Religions are attempts to find him on that level they are all equal."
"You are received the way you present yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You are received the way you present yourself."
"Can really anybody put his hand on his heart and profess to know beyond doubt what happens on the other side of this life?"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Can really anybody put his hand on his heart and profess to know beyond doubt what happens on the other side of this life?"
"I used to say why save money if I'll die tomorrow, I haven't died yet and I have nothing to survive on."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I used to say why save money if I'll die tomorrow, I haven't died yet and I have nothing to survive on."
"Love is always based on self-interest."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Love is always based on self-interest."
"A bad friend is is worse than an enemy, an enemy you can see and avoid, but to detect an insincere friend is hard."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A bad friend is is worse than an enemy, an enemy you can see and avoid, but to detect an insincere friend is hard."
"Death is the great equalizer."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Death is the great equalizer."
"Design and produce yourself according to your dreams."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Design and produce yourself according to your dreams."
"Do you know why we show respect to life when it shows none to us? Family is the answer."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Do you know why we show respect to life when it shows none to us? Family is the answer."
"The only way to stop a nightmare is to open your eyes, if perchance you realize you were dreaming."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The only way to stop a nightmare is to open your eyes, if perchance you realize you were dreaming."
"There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent."
"The poor eats with his eyes, the rich with his mouth."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The poor eats with his eyes, the rich with his mouth."
"If god created hell, who will blame his followers for trying to establish it on earth."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If god created hell, who will blame his followers for trying to establish it on earth."
"As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors."
"The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals."
"Everything in the world is potentially yours. Don't limit yourself to your own means."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Everything in the world is potentially yours. Don't limit yourself to your own means."
"A politician is a man in his natural state."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A politician is a man in his natural state."
"The age of reason may have had its golden age, but the age of emotion endures forever."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The age of reason may have had its golden age, but the age of emotion endures forever."
"We are like other animals; we live and die as they do. If there is any afterlife, I believe we are in together."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We are like other animals; we live and die as they do. If there is any afterlife, I believe we are in together."
"The most successful men work smart, not hard."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The most successful men work smart, not hard."
"Create hell and people will be impatient to get there, just out of curiosity."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Create hell and people will be impatient to get there, just out of curiosity."
"Religion teaches us to fight against our natural instincts but it thrives on them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Religion teaches us to fight against our natural instincts but it thrives on them."
"If you want to understand the inner workings of the human mind, read good fiction."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you want to understand the inner workings of the human mind, read good fiction."
"If you are writing fiction, think like a god. Release all the power of your imagination; create worlds and destroy them at your will, create as many miracles as your story needs."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you are writing fiction, think like a god. Release all the power of your imagination; create worlds and destroy them at your will, create as many miracles as your story needs."
"To faith doubt is a sin, to science a virtue, to love a cancer and to life, suicide."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"To faith doubt is a sin, to science a virtue, to love a cancer and to life, suicide."
"People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth."
"Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to lie to themselves. Of course it's an evolutionary handicap, and if that handicap was widespread, our species would run the risk of extinction."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to lie to themselves. Of course it's an evolutionary handicap, and if that handicap was widespread, our species would run the risk of extinction."
"If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet."
"Opportunity and risk come in pairs."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Opportunity and risk come in pairs."
"Words disappear in the air, but writing remains. If you want something to be remembered about you, write it down."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Words disappear in the air, but writing remains. If you want something to be remembered about you, write it down."
"When your dream turns into a nightmare, rise to the challenge and slaughter the dragons."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"When your dream turns into a nightmare, rise to the challenge and slaughter the dragons."
"Learn how they failed and succeeded, then fail on and succeed."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Learn how they failed and succeeded, then fail on and succeed."
"Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home."
"A full fridge is like an empty one: What am I going to eat?"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A full fridge is like an empty one: What am I going to eat?"
"Before marriage man prays that god give him a wife, after marriage he prays that god save him from her."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Before marriage man prays that god give him a wife, after marriage he prays that god save him from her."
"You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself."
"We are confident that evil can never happen to us until it does."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We are confident that evil can never happen to us until it does."
"I intend to achieve my goals during my lifetime, but if I fail, I will not rest even in the afterlife."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I intend to achieve my goals during my lifetime, but if I fail, I will not rest even in the afterlife."
"You will know a friendship is not natural when you don't feel relaxed with."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You will know a friendship is not natural when you don't feel relaxed with."
"If you open the flood gates of thought you do not know what may come. You may discover that you are better than you thought or worse than the devil himself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you open the flood gates of thought you do not know what may come. You may discover that you are better than you thought or worse than the devil himself."
"All religions are man-made God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"All religions are man-made God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody."
"A good head and a bad heart make a good politician."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A good head and a bad heart make a good politician."
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